Thread: A Dust Free Shed For Spray Painting

Well, sort of dust free. As Dust free as I can make it.

And starting tomorrow! ha ha.

There is nothing worse than coming back to see a gloss job with a few specks on it.

I will be doing a fair bit of renovation over this year, off and on, and one of my bugbears is getting a good finish. I intend to do a few doors, drawer fronts... etc. And I'm being asked by my son (who is starting up kitchen making business) to do some spray painting too. I did about a dozen doors at his factory, but it was a disaster. Dust everywhere. So I cleaned the place. Spent 3 hours sweeping dusting etc. Came back the next day for another coat, and viola! Well, maybe not voila!, but at least the job was acceptable by then. Just as well it was semi gloss.

Here are some of the things I have looked at: an air purifier. But it would have limited use. Their are ones from ebay that do 60 cubic mtrs for about 220 bucks. But obviously I can't have them on when I'm painting because they aren't commercial, but maybe for half an hour before-hand would clean the place a bit.

Obviously clean the shed thoroughly. Bugger! Thats going to take a bit of time. Concrete floor, so that is a plus.

Last night I talked to a friend who is a signwriter. He shook his head. Has to be a spray booth, he thinks. But he gave me a good tip: don't spray with the piece horizontal, spray vertical. So I will try that. And workers in factories generally have dust all over the place. A spray booth would be a must in that environment.

So, I'm going to seal the place up a bit. Rig up some kind of air cleaner big enough to clean the air up a bit. clean the shed up. Paint vertical. And cross my fingers! I can't think of anything else that doesn't cost thousands, or makes the shed usless for anything else..

I'll let you know what happens.